Thomas1195
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You can also compare Austria and Czechoslovakia, to see how far the latter lagged behind under Soviet domination.
You can also compare Austria and Czechoslovakia, to see how far the latter lagged behind under Soviet domination.
No, at least not for Czechoslovakia, whose industry was superior to Austria and was one of the 10 biggest by 1938 (due to the fact that the industrial heartland of AH Empire was actually in Bohemia, not Austria). It would gain a lot from Marshall Plan.It would be significantly less developed.
No, at least not for Czechoslovakia, whose industry was superior to Austria and was one of the 10 biggest by 1938 (due to the fact that the industrial heartland of AH Empire was actually in Bohemia, not Austria). It would gain a lot from Marshall Plan.
Then Poland and Hungary, both had higher per capita GDP than Spain, Greece and Portugal, and would also gain significantly from Marshall, especially Poland since they share border with Russia.
For Romania, it depends on how they use their oil reserves and Marshall aid.
Finally, I think Bulgaria and Yugoslavia would be the same or less developed, or slightly more if Marshall aid was used more efficiently.
My assertion was in the context of a concentration of enemy troops in northern France so large, that the landing itself faced a significant risk of failure, not whether it wouldn't have made sense to point OTL's Overlord at Spains beaches.
edit: as to which ports, I would figure these
Well, if minor Axis combatants like Hungary, Romania or Bulgaria; or even non-Axis like Poland experienced regime changes towards democracy under Wallies occupation/liberation like Italy and Japan, they would have no problem developing much faster than under Soviet regime. Many of these countries were actually richer than Spain, Greece and Portugal.The effects of Marshall Aid are vastly overrated. Likely most of these countries would continue to stagnate under corrupt tinpot dictatorships and mountains of foreign debt. Brain drain would be a huge issue too. Obviously some countries would come out more harmed than others.
They would be more better off under a Kerensky regime than under a White JuntaIf we take "Eastern Europe" really narrow, this would open up another question: How much more developed would be Russia, Ukraine and Belarus without Red October or, alternately, after a White victory in the Russian Civil War? Because that's a path that's really never been taken, a Russian bear that has never existed this way IOTL.